The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851Various
History
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851
Various
Art, Modern -- 19th century -- Periodicals; Literature, Modern -- 19th century -- Periodicals; Science -- History -- Periodicals
The Mexican Government has made a formal complaint to the President of
the United States, in relation to the Indian outrages along the
frontier, which the United States were bound to suppress, according to
the Treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo. It is believed that a demand of a
million of dollars will be made for damages which the Indians have
already caused; besides which, Mexico refuses to ratify the
Tchuantepec Treaty, unless these provisions are fulfilled. At the last
session of Congress, the appropriation asked by the War Department for
this purpose, was not made; besides which, the troops most serviceable
for such a warfare have been disbanded.
An order has been issued by the President, that the tracts of land in
Iowa, occupied by General Ujhazy and the other Hungarian exiles, shall
be withheld from sale until the end of the next session of Congress,
with a view to making application to that body for a grant of the
lands.
The Massachusetts Legislature, after a struggle of four months,
succeeded in electing a U. S. Senator on the 24th of April. Charles
Sumner, Esq., the Free Soil Candidate, was chosen on that day, by 193
votes, precisely the number necessary for election. The Boston Board
of Aldermen, who had passed a resolution refusing the use of Faneuil
Hall for a public address by Daniel Webster, have since then retracted
the step and concurred with the Common Council in inviting Mr. Webster
to address the citizens of Boston. Faneuil Hall, hereafter, is to be
granted on all occasions, at the application of one hundred voters.
Before leaving Boston, Mr. Webster delivered a speech to the citizens
of Boston, from the steps of the Revere House.
The Legislature of New-York adjourned on the 17th of April. The
question of the enlargement of the Erie Canal was before the Senate,
when twelve of the Democratic members of that body resigned their
seats in order to prevent the passage of the bill, by leaving the
senate without a quorum. The usual annual appropriations had not been
voted, and the Government was thus placed without the means of
sustaining its operations. An extra session of the Legislature has
been called by Governor Hunt, for the 10th of June. Elections have
been ordered, in the mean time, to fill the vacancies caused by the
resignation of the Senators. The Members of the Assembly, of both
parties, published manifestoes in relation to the question.
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